Not sure if you tried this yet, but seems like malware could also be an issue and can interfere, someone posted this on a forum I read:
I went to control panel -> uninstall programs -> noticed some thing called 'SavingsbullFilterService' installed a day ago on my machine. uninstalled it, FFXIV worked like a charm.

There is a cap to each tier. It is divided equally by each tier (by 4) from the max stat cap. So in the case of Crit, the max stat cap is 44, so you are capped at 11 tier 1, 11 tier 2, 11 tier 3, and 11 tier 4. Now Det is capped at 31, so the it's divided as equally as possible I believe it is 7, 8, 8, 8 or 8, 7, 8, 8.

GameStop won't be carrying it. Square Enix has been selling their last few and probably all future Collector's Edition games exclusively through their online website. Maximizes their profit. Lightning returns was this way, so will be X/X-2, Realm Reborn, and Drakenguard 3. They offer free shipping on orders over $99 I think, and they normally ship games early to meet street date too, so definitely buy tthrough the Square Store.

As a GameStop employee, you should know your SKUs. Hope you weren't the one who opened today and did price changes, otherwise you are bad and should feel bad, better check all your iDevice price changes, make sure they are on the right models.. There was suppose to be a price drop on MLB The Show 13 today, as per the big Vita Marketing Poster in your Vita Section, but only the Vita copies were actually discounted (both new and preowned). I hope the PS3 copies will reflect the aforementioned price drop as well tomorrow, sometimes someone drops the ball adjusting prices in system.

That is not possible. Anything coded at $.01 is not accepted for trades. The computer pops a message that states it is not something that can be accepted and does not add it to the transaction. Even at $.02 with 20% less for cash, it still rounds up to being $.02. And the reason why the game is $.02 is because it comes with the Kinect and each GameStop has a large surplus of them. Heck even when you buy a Used Kinect, adding Kinect Adventures is free (though not all employees know that).

Don't worry Blake, I would have been offended as well. Though I would have brushed it off, I wouldn't have appreciated the employees personal opinions. Hope you enjoy Pandora's Tower and I hope you were able to get a hold of a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles and Last Story when they came out as well.

I wouldn't say Blake is acting over privileged. No matter what industry you work in, you cannot assume and stereotype your consumer base face to face. You can build a company revolved around stereotypes (ie put an Asian supermarket in a predominantly Asian Community or a bar near an area of college students), but when you have clientele walking in, you do not assume anything about them, that is an easy way to offend anyone and a good way to lose business. You do not make your personal opinions a factor.

If you don't return the game to RedBox within their time frame, they bill you for the game. They basically sell you the game. So whether someone rented it and sold it to GameStop before being charged, or rented it and sold it to GameStop after being charged, RedBox gets their cut. This is of course as long as you don't cheat RedBox by putting in a fake duplicate.

Why the heck did they toss out the boxes? Are they that lazy to take out the cover art and replace the cover art for current marketing? If any higher ups/corporate executives see this post, please tell all stores not to throw away perfectly good boxes, please reuse them. I know they cost pennies on the dollar, but not only is it a waste, it is unnecessary spending on supplies and shipping. All of which come out of their store and GameStop's bottom line.

Ah my mistake. I misread it as returning the Season Pass, thought there might be a season pass preorder bonus or something. They have done this for a couple of season passes lately, but I guess not for this one. Sorry for the errant information.

You could go exchange it at your local GameStop, assuming they have another copy. Just explain the situation. I don't suggest doing it, but I like to collect Zelda related stuff. But obviously if you want to play the game and don't have the money to buy another copy, getting an exchange would be the best option. I would gladly go out and buy you a copy of Zelda: OoT for the 3ds to trade you for your demo copy, but I honestly think it wouldn't be a fair trade for you.